Athletes,
actors
and
musicians
have
countless
halls
of
fame
and
other
venues
to
celebrate
their
accomplishments.
In
our
area,
we
have
the
baseball,
soccer
and
boxing
halls
of
fame.
That’s
okay.
Many
athletes
and
musicians
have
made
contributions
to
our
society.

Now,
I
am
happy
to
report,
heroes
of
a
higher
order
will
also
have
a
hall
in
their
honor.
The
National
Purple
Heart
Hall
of
Honor
is
slated
to
open
this
November
--
right
here
in
New
York’s
historic
Hudson
Valley
region.

The
Purple
Heart
medal
has
been
awarded
to
nearly
2
million
brave
U.S.
military
men
and
women
who
have
been
wounded
or
killed
in
combat.
It
was
started
by
President
George
Washington
when
he
was
commander
of
the
American
forces
during
the
revolution.
The
New
York
State
Senate
was
instrumental
in
securing
the
issuance
of
a
postage
stamp
commemorating
the
Purple
Heart
award.

The
Purple
Heart
Hall
of
Honor
aims
to
preserve
the
extraordinary
stories
of
all
recipients,
deceased
or
alive,
through
videotaped
interviews,
photos,
letters
and
other
mementos,
as
well
as
an
Internet
connection
to
classrooms
and
libraries.

The
New
Windsor
Cantonment
Historic
Site
in
Vails
Gate,
Orange
County,
was
designated
by
The
Military
Order
of
the
Purple
Heart
to
be
the
hall’s
permanent
site
because
of
its
historical
significance:
it
was
the
final
winter
camp
of
Gen.
George
Washington’s
Continental
Army
during
the
American
Revolution.
The
purple
cloth
Badge
of
Merit
that
Gen.
Washington
presented
to
a
select
few
of
his
troops
was
the
inspiration
for
The
Purple
Heart
Medal.
The
image
of
Washington
was
added
to
the
color
and
shape
of
the
Badge
of
Merit,
and
in
1932,
the
first
new
Purple
Heart
medals
were
given
to
150
veterans
of
World
War
I
on
the
same
historic
grounds
in
New
Windsor,
New
York.

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